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October 12–14, 2026

AI Engineer New York 2026: Where AI Engineering
Meets Wall Street

An AI conference in New York for engineers and technical leaders building production AI across banking, hedge funds, fintech, insurance, and asset management.

Presented byArize

1.5M+

Unique viewers worldwide

1,000+

In-person AI engineers & leaders

100+

Top industry speakers

150K+

Remote livestream attendees

Trusted by leading AI labs & financial institutions

Bloomberg
Thomson Reuters
BlackRock
Anthropic
Morgan Stanley
Capital One
McKinsey & Company
Lux Capital
Google DeepMind
OpenAI
Cursor
Meta
Goldman Sachs
Two Sigma

Speakers

A preview of the people joining us, with more to be revealed soon.

Model Labs

  • OpenAIHead of ChatGPT for Financial Services
  • RunwayCEO
  • MiniMaxHead of US Business Development
  • AnthropicManaging Director, Financial Services
  • Nous ResearchCEO
  • Google DeepMindGroup Product Manager
  • General IntuitionCEO

Agent Labs

  • RogoCEO
  • BasisCEO
  • MoshiCEO
  • EpsilabCEO & Co-Founder
  • SpaceXAIEngineer, Agent Harness
  • LinqAlphaCo-founder & CEO
  • OpenProseCEO
  • Samaya AIFounding AI Lead
  • TidalwaveCEO
  • Compound AICEO

AI Infra & Compute

  • ExaCEO
  • ModalCTO
  • Neo4jVP of Developer Relations
  • CerebrasHead of DevX
  • TemporalSenior Solutions Architect
  • MixedbreadCEO
  • FeatherlessCEO
  • Together AIDirector of DX
  • turbopufferCTO
  • San Francisco Compute CompanyCEO

Dev Tools & Evals

  • WarpDevEx Lead
  • ApifyCEO
  • CovalCEO
  • SonarCEO
  • LinearHead of Engineering
  • Vals AICEO
  • MintlifyCTO
  • SpeakeasyCEO

Hedge Funds & Investors

  • CoatueHead of AI
  • BlackRockAI Investment Lead
  • Two SigmaSVP Architecture
  • BridgewaterHead of Product Engineering
  • Citadel SecuritiesCOO
  • Apollo Global ManagementHead of Data, Digital, and AI

Banks, Insurance & Asset Managers

  • JPMCGlobal Chief Security Architect
  • GEICOSr. Staff Engineer & Tech Evangelist
  • VanguardTech Lead
  • WisedocsSVP AI
  • BloombergHead of CTO Cloud Compute
  • Capital OneExecutive Distinguished Engineer
  • Wells FargoHead of Frontier AI Models, Managing Director
  • New York Life InsuranceCorporate VP, Lead Data Scientist

Fintech

  • RampCTO
  • SoFiAI Engineer, Agentic Platform
  • WiseGroup Head of Data & AI
  • MonzoAnalytics Engineering Manager
  • RevolutHead of AI
  • CoinbaseHead of AI Product

Security, Identity & Enterprise

  • AAuthFounder
  • CiscoLeader, Software Engineering
  • NVIDIAAI Systems & Product Leader
  • KeycardCEO
  • FieldguideLead Security Engineer
  • AlixPartnersDirector, AI & Data

From Financial Institutions to Frontier AI. All in One Place.

Logo wall of AI Engineer New York 2026 speaker companies and sponsors, including OpenAI, Anthropic, BlackRock, Two Sigma, Bridgewater, JPMorganChase, and Arize

What to expect

Three days of talks, workshops, and high-signal networking designed for technical leaders deploying AI in financial services and beyond.

Monday

October 12

Deep Dives & Welcome Reception

Deep Dives & Welcome Reception

  • Hands-on technical workshops across the day
  • First access to the Expo floor and partner exhibits
  • Welcome reception connecting speakers, attendees, and sponsors

Tuesday

October 13

Full-Day Keynotes, Talks, and Networking

Full-Day Keynotes, Talks, and Networking

  • Full day of keynotes and sessions
  • Expo Sessions, breakouts, and leadership programming
  • Expo floor open all day

Wednesday

October 14

Full-Day Keynotes, Talks, and Closing Programming

Full-Day Keynotes, Talks, and Closing Programming

  • Full day of keynotes and sessions
  • Expo Sessions and continued access to the Expo floor
  • Final day to explore the Expo floor and connect

Program structure

How the three days fit together

A high-level view of registration, keynotes, breakouts, Expo hours, and evening events. Exact times are subject to change; the full session schedule will be published closer to the event.

Monday — Oct 12
Workshops + Welcome Reception

Hands-on workshops all day, then the Expo opens with a welcome reception

8AM – 7:30PMRegistration
9AM – 12PMWorkshops
12PM – 1:15PMLunch
1:15PM – 4:30PMWorkshops
4PM – 7PMExpo Open
5PM – 7PMWelcome Reception
Tickets Available

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Secure your spot alongside 1,000+ builders, leaders, and bankers shaping the future of AI and finance.

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Why financial institutions choose AI Engineer NYC

Attendees are not in discovery mode — they are actively deploying, optimizing, and investing in AI solutions across financial services and beyond.

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Production AI Talks

Engineers and technical leaders from banking, fintech, and asset management share real-world production systems and infrastructure challenges.

Cutting-Edge Expo

Meet the companies building AI infrastructure for financial services — from model serving to compliance tooling to agent frameworks.

Financial Services Networking

Connect with CTOs, CIOs, VPs of AI/ML, and technical founders from top financial institutions and AI companies.

Facilitated Discussions

Deep-dive roundtables on AI adoption in banking, trading, insurance, and more — every conversation is high-signal.

Your Guide to AI Engineer NY

Explore AI in finance before the conference

Start with our AI in finance guide, including implementation lessons on financial research, reconciliation, customer assistance, and verification.

Venue

Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel

Located in Midtown Manhattan near NYC’s financial and tech districts, the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel offers large-capacity ballrooms, dedicated expo floor space, and seamless access for sponsors, networking, and attendee experiences across the event.

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Around the conference

Events

Come for AI Engineer New York, stay for the NYC AI scene! Many people organize side events around our conferences. With the world's top AI Engineers flying in to New York, there are lots of meetings and side events in the surrounding days. Please reach out to Sponsorships@ai.engineer for listing pricing.

Official AIE Events

Sunday, October 11, 2026

Official9:00 AM – 9:00 PM ET · W 37th St & 7th Ave, Manhattan (address shared on RSVP)

AI Engineer New York Hackathon

AI Engineer and Major League Hacking (MLH)

Join AI Engineer and Major League Hacking (MLH) on Sunday, October 11, for a full day of building, experimenting, and meeting fellow AI engineers. Explore new developer tools, get hands-on support from mentors, and build that side project you've been thinking about. Come with or without a project idea or team. Free to participate, with food, drinks, demos, prizes, and an evening happy hour.

Official12:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET · New York, NY (address shared on RSVP)

AI Engineer Kids Day

Cassandra Chin and Kaitlyn Hornbuckle

Bring your kids to our first-ever NYC AI Engineer Kids Day! It's a hands-on AI and coding day for curious minds ages 9–15. Led by acclaimed workshop instructors Cassandra Chin and Kaitlyn Hornbuckle, it's a fun, judgment-free way to learn, build, and create together.

Side Events

Why this audience matters

Attendees are not in discovery mode — they are actively deploying, optimizing, and investing in AI. The most plugged-in audience of any AI conference.

Top 10 Role Classifications

CTO
17.9%
CEO
16.8%
Founder
13%
Member of Technical Staff
11.9%
Software Engineer
11.4%
Director
6.2%
Data Scientist
3.3%
Product Manager
2.7%
Staff Engineer
2.4%

Company Size

<10
34.0%
10-100
10.4%
100-1K
10.7%
1K-10K
12.5%
10K+
32.5%
Startups
Scaleups
Enterprises

Number of Attendees

Top Countries

84.0%US
  • United States84.0%
  • Canada3.4%
  • United Kingdom2.6%
  • Singapore1.2%
  • Germany1.1%
  • Other7.7%

Experience Level

C-Level
22.4%
Staff/Principal Eng.
20.5%
Senior Engineer
18%
Mid-level Eng.
13.5%
Management
12.9%
Researcher
7.6%
Junior Engineer
4.1%
Student
0.9%

Associate Program

Join us as an Associate

Help our team run the event for a few shifts and receive full access to the conference.

Past speakers & attendees from

Bloomberg
Thomson Reuters
BlackRock
Anthropic
Morgan Stanley
Capital One
McKinsey & Company
Lux Capital
Google DeepMind
OpenAI
Cursor
Meta
Two Sigma
Goldman Sachs
Aman Gupta

Aman Gupta

Principal ML Engineer, Nubank

Brendan Rappazzo

Brendan Rappazzo

Machine Learning Scientist, Morgan Stanley

Udi Menkes

Udi Menkes

Principal Product Manager, Intuit

Vinoo Ganesh

Vinoo Ganesh

CEO & Co-Founder, Kepler

Yogendra Miraje

Yogendra Miraje

Principal AI Engineer, FactSet

John Crepezzi

John Crepezzi

Software Engineer, Jane Street

Will Brown

Will Brown

Prev. ML Researcher, Morgan Stanley

Grace Isford

Grace Isford

Partner, Lux Capital

Lei Zhang

Lei Zhang

Head of Technology Infrastructure, Bloomberg

Martin Harrysson

Martin Harrysson

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Anju Kambadur

Anju Kambadur

Head of AI Engineering, Bloomberg LP

Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor

Arize

Arize

Arize helps financial services teams improve AI agents. Arize AX turns traces and evals into investigations, reviewable fixes, and experiments. Phoenix offers open-source observability and evaluation.

Platinum

ExaOracleSonarWorkOS

Gold

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Silver

AnchorApifyAXQ CapitalChainguardCloudflareThe D. E. Shaw GroupExpoExtendFloxGraviteeJudgment LabsKimchi by Cast AIMiniMaxNimblePydanticRELAISentrySpecific AISupabaseSurrealDBTetrateUnion

Supporting Partners

AnthropicApifyApollo Global ManagementArcaArena Investors LP / CC AventusAxim IntelligenceBasisBloombergBridgewater AssociatesCerebrasCoatueCoinbaseCompound AICovalCTCEpsilabFeatherlessFieldguideGeneral IntuitionGoogle DeepMindimecJellyfishKaggleLaunchDarklyLinqAlphaMcKinsey & CompanyNeo4jNous ResearchOmni AnalyticsOpenProseParallelParasailPrimitiveRampRevolutRogoRowspaceRunwaySamaya AISan Francisco Compute CompanyTogether AITowards AIturbopufferTwo SigmaWarp
Manhattan skyline from a Midtown office

Put Your Brand at the Center of Financial AI

We're curating sponsors building AI infrastructure for financial services, from model platforms to compliance tooling to enterprise deployment.

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November 19-22, 2025 at The Times Center

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October 12–14, 2026 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel.

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